Facilitators of organizational learning in design

Learning Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-201

  Pham, Ngoc Thuy ^a   Swierczek, Fredric William ^b  

^a University of Technology   (Viet Nam)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Leadership; Learning organizations; Organizational culture; Organizational performance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745852638     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470610645502     Document Type: Article

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